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He was by no means sure that what he called the “timid & mercenary” North could restore the Union, but he was determined to do all that he could for that cause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

The hurdle for the BOJ to actually buy yen to strengthen it is high, with analysts expecting Japan will not find any backing for that cause from U.S. authorities or other major central banks.

From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2022

Nearly 40,000 Black soldiers died for that cause, an estimated 66 percent of whom were never identified.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2021

Though the Corps didn’t go with that proposal, the information submitted for that cause led to small ring levees and other flood protection fixes for St. James Parish.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 15, 2020

For there it raineth not but little in that country, and for that cause they have no water but if it be of the flood of that river.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Sir John Alexander Hammerton


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